Welded by Eugene O'Neill — Read

[Library. A door is in the rear, toward right. A large couch facing front. On the wall, a framed portrait study of Eleanor.]

[At first the room is in darkness. As the curtain rises, John can be dimly distinguished sitting, bent over wearily, his shoulders bowed, his long arms resting on his knees, his hands dangling. He sits on the extreme edge in the exact middle of the big couch, and this heightens the sense of loneliness about him.]